Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
3. And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
3. Et attulerunt oblationem suam coram Jehova, sex plaustra operta, et duodecim boves, plaustrum pro binis principibus, et bovem in singulos obtulerunt coram tabernaculo.
4. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
4. Dixerat autem Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo:
5. Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
5. Accipe ab els, et servient in ministerio tabernaculi conventionis: et dabis ea Levitis, cuique secundun, rationem sui ministerii.
6. And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
6. Accepit itaque Moses plaustra et boves, et dedit Levitis:
7. Two waggons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
7. Duo plaustra, et quatuor boves dedit filiis Gerson secundum rationem ministerii ipsorum.
8. And four waggons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
8. Et quatuor plaustra et octo boves tradidit filiis Merari secundum rationem ministerii ipsorum sub manu Ithamar filii Aharon sacerdotis.
9. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none; because the service of the sanctuary belonging un to them was, that they should bear upon
9. Filiis veto Cehath nihil dedit: quia ministerium sanctuarii quod illis injunctum erat, humero ferebant. their shoulders.